PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Zitto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao O Dragao de Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Joao O Dragao de Santos was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Zitto
vs
O Dragao de Santos

177 cm
23
207 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

187 cm
23
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

[MMABR]FALCON CLOTHING[†]
[MMABR]: TechNutri - Ensuring the quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hank Zitto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao O Dragao de Santos!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Zitto or perhaps it was just good defense by O Dragao de Santos which made him look bad.
Zitto fails to land the takedown.

Zitto looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Zitto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zitto working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zitto is thwarting O Dragao de Santos's attempts to control the position.
Zitto is looking to take a break and control but O Dragao de Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Zitto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
O Dragao de Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zitto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
O Dragao de Santos is looking to improve his position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
O Dragao de Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Dragao de Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Zitto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hank Zitto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Dragao de Santos scores with a nice head shot.
O Dragao de Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zitto was well out of range. Poor timing from O Dragao de Santos.
O Dragao de Santos lands with a right hand.
Zitto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
O Dragao de Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zitto misses the jab.
Zitto shoots in but O Dragao de Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
O Dragao de Santos misses with a few strikes there.
O Dragao de Santos swinging wilding here.
Zitto dodges the punch combination from O Dragao de Santos.

O Dragao de Santos gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Zitto to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Dragao de Santos wants to sweep here but Zitto controlling him for the moment.
Zitto throwing strikes from guard but O Dragao de Santos blocks nicely.
Zitto postures up.
O Dragao de Santos is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Zitto tries to free his leg and advance position but O Dragao de Santos is retaining full guard.
O Dragao de Santos working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
O Dragao de Santos feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Zitto crashing to the mat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Joao O Dragao de Santos!